Noir stared at MJ in shock. She was much different from his mj, her red hair shune against the light of the lamp illuminating the room. He looked down at his wound, his stomach bandaged up. "What happened?..." he looked at MJ. She had a worried expression on her face. "When i was walking home from work, i saw a car speed off from the alleyway. I went to see what got them spooked up and....i saw you." She pauses and looks at him, "you were bleeding out really bad. So i brought you here" she says. "I guess those other people that drove away went to get help" Noir glanced at the ground, "those basterds didn't leave to get help...." he pauses, MJ looks at him. "They left because they kidnapped a little girl. I tried to stop them but..." he trails off.

MJ let out a shocked gasp. Noir couldn't help but feel responsible for peni getting captured. He tried his best yet he still failed. He couldn't protect peni. The thought of her getting hurt brought back painful memories of his own past. The smell of blood still fresh in his memories. He grabbed his head in frustration as more memories came to him. MJ looked at him, she placed a hand on his hand. He glanced at her, starting to calm down. "Are you okay?" She asked. He sighed and nodded. "I just...." he paused, "i should've tried harder..." MJ looked at him, frowning. "Who knows what they're doing to the poor kid..." his voice starts breaking without him knowing, starting to breathe heavily to calm down. He suddenly felt someone taking off his mask, he looked at MJ just as she got it off. Her eyes widen in shock yet she didn't say anything. She put a hand on his cheek, "you shouldn't blame yourself. You did everything you could to help her. And.." she wiped away a tear from her eye, "i know that you can help her..." she says. Noir stared at her, calming down. He knew why she couldn't look away from him, he looked somewhat like her peter parker. "Thank you...." he says softly. She smiles, "it's no problem at all."

"Hope I'm not interrupting anything"

The two turned their heads as they heard a voice. "spider ham?" Noir said. Standing near the opened window of MJ's room was spider ham, beside him was gwen, peter, miles, and peni. Noir's eyes widened when he saw peni. "P-peni?!" Peni smiled, small tears in her eyes when she saw that noir was okay. She suddenly ran over to him, "noir! You're okay!" She lunged at noir and hugged him tightly. He let out a grunt of pain. "Sweetie, please let go of him. His wounds might open" MJ quickly said, she was surprisingly calm about the other spiders in her house. She probably thought it would be best to save the questions for later. Peni quickly let go of noir. "Kid, h-how did you escape? Did the others find you?" Noir asked. Peni glanced at the ground, "well...." she paused, "we found her on a rooftop" gwen says and peter nods. "they didn't save me. Someone or something attacked kingpin's henchmen and tombstone. I kinda saw what it looked like..." she says.

The others looked at her, "what did they look like?" Peter asks. "Well...they were tall, had a huge feminine figure, was dripping black goo, and had white narrow eyes and sharp teeth" she says. She glanced up at peter, who eyes were wide in shock. She looked at the others, all except miles had the same reaction as peter. "What?" Peni asks. "Kid....i think we know who you were saved by." Peter says. Peni looks at him, "you do? Who is it?"

Silence filled the room for a moment before he spoke, "venom."